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MIDDLETQN ;& HALLER.

Hors e Hitch."

Patented Aug. 11, 1868 [iii/ceases.

N. FEYERS, FHDTOL TH ignites-rates gaunt Hi WILLIAM AMIDDLETON AND JOHN A. 'HALLER, OF HARRISBURG,,PENN- .SYLVANIA.

Letters'Pat ent No. 80,870, dated August 11, 1868..

IMPROVED nonsn niron'.

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Be it known that we, Wnnmiu A. MIDDLEToN and Join: A. Human, of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Horse-Hitch; and we doqhereby declare.

that the following is a full, clear,-and exact description of 'the'con struction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, in which Figurel is a perspective view. Figure 2 is a vertical section. Figure 3 is a topview. I Figures 4 and Sam sectional views. I We construct our horse-hitch in three parts, a frame, a holder, and a floor-piece.

The frame 0 0, WW, fig. 1, has-a base, W W, in'whichare two screw-seats, T T, and 'a recess between them for the reception; and retention of the'floor, Z, as shown in 3; The end edge of floor-recess is bevelled, to hold the floor down when the frame is screwed fast. On the base-ends, W W, fig. 1, aretwo walls, 0 O, which 'come to a rounded top above In the top are cast twopieces, H H, which are parallel to ma other,and at right angles to the walls, 0 O, and both are a little out of the transverse centre of the frame, thus leaving or forming a slot, K, between them. The piece H is embedded beneath the round top, and H is flush on the top; thus said islet K is made to be oblique, arm the direction K W, 2, said piece H being higher "in the-frame than the piece H. An open mouth is thus formed, to enablethe strap to be easily inserted. Said slot is'niade oblique, to shoot the inserted end of strap out clear toward W, so that it can be manipulated easily, to further insert it under the wing of the holder, as shown at ,X, fig. 2, andis made narrow or slender,-

so that the strap cannot be handled to loosen it when hitched, except in a proper manner. The entrances to the slot are rounded, to prevent cutting the strap.

The holder, fig. 5 hasf-trnnnions,TL L, and a thumb-piece on one 'ofthem', which extends outside of the frame, as shown at R, fig. '3. The holder has two wings, a a, fig. 5, equidistant from its axis. Said wings are distant enough, first,to strike the piece H, fig. 1, which serves as a stopwhen the strap is to hehitched shorter, thereby freeing the hitch on the floor; andletting the strap move freely in the direction of V V, fig. 1; second, distant enough to catch and hitch the strap, when the strap'isdrawn in the direction V V, fig, 2,;thereby revolving the holder, and causing oneof said wings to impinge on the serrated floor, 1, 2, 3, 8m, and holding the strap, as at;X,fig. 2. v 1 I r I I The floor Z Z has a depressed part, I, 2, 3, &c., which is serrated, and two raised,'bcvclled ends,e; z as shown'in fig. 2. The body of the tiger is nearly rectangular, having its corners rounded, as shown in fig. 4t, and on its long sides are'two trunnionecsts, an, which fit into similarly-shaped cuts in the sides of the frame, as shown atn, fig. 1.- i 5 I v The operations, as already explained, may be here enumerated. v

First. A rapid and sure hitch, as all the working parts are sheltered from the reach of an animal, and the ingress to the holder is easy and speedy, even in the dark.

Second. A forced hitch, as an animal can be drawn up and held in a' moment.

Third. A variablc hitch, as the strap can be drawn up to any desired length, without untying.

Ourhitch can also be used as a line-holder; but whereas GSR. Nebinger, of- Lewisherry', Pennsylvania, did obtain Letters Patent, which letters bear date, February 18, 1868,;on a line-clamp, in which he employs some parts in some respects similarfor said purpose; and whereas the said G. R. Ne-binger did sell and assign the said patent for the said purpose to us,,thc present applicants for the above-described horse-hitch, we hereby disclaim the use of the said parts for-the said purpose; but

What we do claim, and desire to se cure'by 'Letters Patent ofthc United States, is-

1.- So forming the slot K in the top of the frame 0' O, as to serve the several purposes substantially in the manner as herein set forth.

'2. The adjustable floor Z Z, provided with the trunnion-rests n n, and the: serrated part 1, 2, 3, &c., in combination with the frame W W, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The holder S, when made with the equidistant wings ad, and the thumb-piece R, in combination with the frame 0 0, W W, and floor Z Z',. for the purpose specified.

WM. A; MIDDLETON,

v JNO. A. HALLER. Witnesses:

G. A. SNYDER, Tnnormws WEAVER.

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